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12-09-2012, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: LAGRANGE GA
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RV-4 vs RV-6
I am looking at purchasing an RV4 or RV6. On average how do the payloads compare? I know it will vary based on how it is equipped.
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12-09-2012, 09:16 AM
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12-09-2012, 09:20 AM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Welcome to VAF!
James, (or Britt?) welcome to the good ship VAF 
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Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011 
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
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12-09-2012, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Battleground
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Big difference in baggage capacity and physicaly where to put it. The 4 is very limited compared to the 6 when it comes to traveling especially with a passenger.
My girlfriend and I took a trip to Montana this year. 100lbs of baggage, no sweat. CG is spot on and performance is only slightly reduced with my IO360 and HartZell C/s up front.
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Fiat G.46 -(restoration in progress, if I have enough life left in me)
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12-10-2012, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Fayetteville, GA
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Britt
I have a 4 and a 6 based just up the road from you, KFFC. Give me a call or come by and we can discuss the differences. 770-639-6900
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Tommy Turner
Fayetteville GA
RV-4 sold
RV-6 sold
RV-8 Flying
RV-14A building
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12-13-2012, 08:25 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: LAGRANGE GA
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RV 4 vs RV 6
Thanks for the reply Tommy. I appreciate the offer. I may be giving you a call to come look at your 4 and 6, that would be great to see them side by side. I am sure your busy like me before Christmas, so I will check with you after Christmas. If that works for you?
Thanks
Britt
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12-13-2012, 08:46 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
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The -6 is a reasonably good 2 person plus bags cross country aircraft. IMO, the big compromise is the right hand throttle. That's just wrong in a stick flown aircraft. ;-)
The -4 is more of a pilot's aircraft with centerline seating, but cabin space is limited, particularly for the passenger. Also, the baggage space is small and is far enough aft that if you have a passenger of any size, the baggage is very limited. If you carry a passenger, fuel can be limited because of the gross weight limitation. The thing I always notice when I sit in a friend's -4 is how close the instrument panel is.
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Kyle Boatright
Marietta, GA
2001 RV-6 N46KB
2019(?) RV-10
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12-14-2012, 05:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
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Passenger?
Britt, no one has yet addressed the passenger issue. My wife has flown in the back of a -4 with me and also in another friend's -8.
Her take? "I'm NOT going to sit in that hole back there."
If you have a S.O. , she needs to be happy on trips back there. My wife loved our -6 and was also the one who suggested getting a -10
Be sure they're happy, or it will be a tough row to hoe. As a Southerner, you must have heard the wise old sage, "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"
Best,
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RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
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Louisville, Ga
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12-14-2012, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Atlanta, GA
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So what is the problem with the right hand throttle in the 6?
I've got 500 hrs with the stick in my left hand. Switching would feel really weird.
John Morgan
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Atlanta, GA KPDK
N613SC
RV6A -SMILIN 1
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12-14-2012, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Battleground
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Quote:
Originally Posted by morganjp
So what is the problem with the right hand throttle in the 6?
I've got 500 hrs with the stick in my left hand. Switching would feel really weird.
John Morgan
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It's just a joke. Real airplanes are tandem, stick, and tailwheel. 
( and have four wings and or machine guns)
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Fiat G.46 -(restoration in progress, if I have enough life left in me)
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